Phyllidia picta

Phyllidia picta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[2]

Phyllidia picta
The nudibranch Phyllidia picta, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Phyllidia
Species:
P. picta
Binomial name
Phyllidia picta
(Pruvot-Fol, 1957)[1]
Synonyms

Fryeria menindie (Brunckhorst, 1993)

Distribution

This species has been reported from Malaysia to Indonesia, the Philippines, north-west Australia and the western Pacific Ocean including Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[3]

Description

This nudibranch has a pattern of black on the dorsum interrupted by large yellow-capped tubercles surrounded by pale blue patches. The blue areas coalesce towards the edge of the mantle and the tubercles become smaller, the smallest without yellow caps. The rhinophores are yellow.[3]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

References
  1. Pruvot-Fol, A. (1957) Révision de la famille des Phyllidiadae. 2. Journal de Conchyliologie 97: 104-135, Pl.1.
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Phyllidia picta Pruvot-Fol, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-27.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (July 14) Fryeria picta (Pruvot-Fol, 1957). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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